#C3B43A#C3B43A

#C3B43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.139 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B43A
RGB	rgb(195, 180, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 70.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -8.46, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 61.57, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0293 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.139 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5924, 44.5518, 10.5160)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B43A #3A49C3

analogous

#C3703A #C3B43A #8DC33A

triadic

#C3B43A #3AC3B4 #B43AC3

tetradic

#C3B43A #3AC370 #3A49C3 #C33A8D

square

#C3B43A #3AC370 #3A49C3 #C33A8D

split-complementary

#C3B43A #3A8DC3 #703AC3

monochromatic

#655D1E #94882C #C3B43A #D2C768 #E0D897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C3B43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C3B43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B43A

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B43A	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 180, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.139 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca78',
    500: '#c3b43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b43a;
$custom-light: #d9ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76087,
    "c": 0.13892,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B43A

secondary

#8D94CC

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B43A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →